Somerset County has two kinds of roof to replace. In Franklin Township, Hillsborough and Montgomery, a house from the late 1980s or 1990s may still have the roof the builder put on. In Manville and Bound Brook the houses date to the 1950s, and the roof has often been redone before. We strip either one to the deck.
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The big townships filled in late. Half the houses in Franklin Township and Hillsborough went up in 1986 or later, half in Bernards Township in 1987 or later, and in Montgomery 33 percent of all homes are newer than the 1990s. A house from the late 1980s or the 1990s can still be under the roof it was built with, and shingles that old are often close to worn out. With a first roof there is one layer to strip, and the open question is the deck, which nobody has seen since the house was framed.
The river towns are a different job. Manville's median house dates to 1956 and North Plainfield's to 1954. On a house that age, an earlier crew may have shingled right over the old roof, and the deck underneath can be planks rather than sheets. We count the layers before we price anything.
About 15 percent of county homes are townhouses or other attached houses, and in Bedminster it is 41 percent. A new roof on an attached house goes through the town's construction office, and in many developments the association owns the roof, so the board makes the call.
So the price comes after we have been on the roof. We go up when it is safe to, look in the attic, and find out which kind of roof you have.
Whether the house went up in 1956 or 1994 changes what is under the shingles. The inspection tells us which job it is, and you keep the photos either way.
Plenty of first roofs still have a few winters in them. When a repair will hold, that is the price we give you. Roof repair in Somerset County
These five municipalities are in the Highlands, the colder and snowier part of the state. Snow that melts from the warm attic side runs down to the overhang, freezes there, and can push water back up under the shingles. On a new roof here, the eaves and the attic above them get our closest look. Bedminster adds one more question: 41 percent of its homes are attached, so the association may own the roof.
The rest of the county sits lower, where winter storms often switch between rain and snow. Slush collects in valleys and gutters and freezes again overnight. So on a new roof down here, the valleys and the roof edge get the closest look, whether the house dates to the 1950s, like many in Manville, or the 1990s, like many in Montgomery.
If the gutters are tired, the roof job is a sensible time to look at them too. Gutter installation
Most houses take one or two days once work starts, weather permitting. All seven steps are on the roof replacement page.
We get on the roof when it is safe to, check the attic and take photos. You see them before we talk about price.
Scope, materials, number of days and the price, on paper. Any permit goes on it too.
Every layer comes off down to the wood. If we find rotted boards, we stop and show you before we replace them.
New underlayment and shingles go on. Then we haul the old roof away and run a magnet over the lawn and driveway for nails.
On a detached one- or two-family house, no. New Jersey's construction code treats a new roof covering on a detached one- or two-family house as ordinary maintenance, so there is no permit and no notice to the town. A townhouse or other attached house usually goes through the town's construction office. Franklin Township requires a certificate of appropriateness for exterior alterations to houses in its local historic districts. We check with your town before we start, and any permit goes on the estimate.
On roofing work, we are also GAF Certified. What GAF Certified means
If it is in Somerset County, yes. We cover all 21 municipalities, from Bedminster to Watchung. Put your ZIP code in the estimate form and we confirm it when we call you back.
The size and steepness of the roof, the number of layers, how much deck has to be replaced and the shingle you choose all move it. One layer on a 1990s house in Montgomery and two layers on an older house in Manville are not the same job. We do not quote over the phone. You get the price in writing after the inspection.
A detached one- or two-family house gets no construction permit for a new roof. A townhouse or other attached house goes through the town's construction office, and that covers a lot of homes in Bedminster, Bernards Township, Franklin Township and Hillsborough. Franklin Township requires a certificate of appropriateness for exterior alterations to houses in its local historic districts. We check with your town before we start, and any permit goes on the estimate.
Maybe. Original roofs on houses from the late 1980s and 1990s are often close to worn out, but the build year alone does not settle it. What decides it is what we see up close: curling, bare spots, loose tabs and the attic boards. If the roof has some life left, we say so.
It changes where we look first. Bernardsville and the other four Highlands towns get colder, snowier winters than the rest of the county, so we spend more time on the eaves and the attic above them. The photos show you what we found.
Call us, but check with your association first. In most condos the roof and the siding belong to the association, and the board hires the contractor. Townhouses vary. Your association documents say who owns what.
Send us your town and, if you know it, the year the house was built. We call you back shortly, do the roof inspection for free, and hand you photos with a written price. If a repair will carry it a few more years, we tell you.
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